Great Western Highway

Great Western Highway

Broadway, Parramatta Road, Church Street

Travelling westbound on Great Western Highway at Springwood
General information
TypeHighway
Length202 km (126 mi)[1][2]
GazettedAugust 1928 (as Main Road 5)[3]
Route number(s)
  • A22 (2013–present)
    (Chippendale–Summer Hill)
  • A44 (2013–present)
    (Ashfield–Emu Plains)
  • A32 (2013–present)
    (Lapstone–Bathurst)
Former
route number
see Former route allocations
Major junctions
East endRailway Square
Haymarket, Sydney
 
West end Mitchell Highway
Bathurst, New South Wales
Location(s)
Major settlementsPetersham, Ashfield, Parramatta, Eastern Creek, St Marys, Penrith, Emu Plains, Glenbrook, Lawson, Katoomba, Mount Victoria, Lithgow
Highway system
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Great Western Highway is a 202-kilometre-long (126 mi)[1][2] state highway in New South Wales, Australia. From east to west, the highway links Sydney with Bathurst, on the state's Central Tablelands. The highway also has local road names between the Sydney city centre and Parramatta, being: Broadway from Haymarket to Chippendale, Parramatta Road from Chippendale to Parramatta, and Church Street through Parramatta.

  1. ^ a b "Great Western Highway (suburban)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Great Western Hwy (regional)" (Map). Google Maps. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Main Roads Act, 1924-1927". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales. No. 110. National Library of Australia. 17 August 1928. pp. 3814–20. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.